Monday, August 1, 2011

Sunflowers In Full Bloom In Fukui

A bee enjoys a full bloom sunflower at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery) 4204

A sunflower in full bloom at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)3918

Girls walk through a field of sunflowers at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)3603

Sunflowers in full bloom at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)4064

A sunflowers in full bloom at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)4233

Sunflowers in full bloom at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)3729

A bee enjoys a full bloom sunflower at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery) 3641

A sunflowers in full bloom at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)3715

A girls walks through a field of sunflowers at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)3599

A sunflowers in full bloom at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)3699

Sunflowers in full bloom at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)3569

A bee enjoys a full bloom sunflower at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery) 3769

Sunflowers in full bloom at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)3905

A sunflowers in full bloom at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)4098

A bee enjoys a full bloom sunflower at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery4112)

Sunflowers in full bloom at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)3816